ἀντισφήν
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
ῆνος, ὁ, counter-wedge which drives out another, Ph.Bel. 67.32.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῆνος, ὁ
contra-cuña que hace salir a otra, Ph.Bel.67.32.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀντισφήν: ὁ, σφὴν τεθειμένος οὕτως ὥστε νὰ συναντᾷ ἕτερον, Ἀρχ. Μαθημ. 67.
German (Pape)
ῆνος, ὁ, Gegenkeil, Mathem. vett.
